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Chunk vs Chaunk - What's the difference?

chunk | chaunk |

As nouns the difference between chunk and chaunk

is that chunk is a part of something that has been separated while chaunk is (cooking) a garnish made by frying mustard seed, asafoetida, and other whole spices in oil or ghee to release the flavours added to soups, curries, etc, at the end of cooking.

As a verb chunk

is to break into large pieces or chunks.

chunk

English

(wikipedia chunk)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A part of something that has been separated.
    • The statue broke into chunks .
  • *
  • A representative of a substance at large, often large and irregular.
    • A chunk of granite .
  • (computing) A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.
  • * 1994 , Paul J Perry, Multimedia developer's guide
    • The first DWORD of a chunk data in the RIFF chunk is a four character code value identifying the form type of the file.

    See also

    * piece * bit * lump * chuck * hunk

    External links

    * *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To break into large pieces or chunks.
  • (slang, chiefly, Southern US) To throw.

    • chaunk

    English

    Alternative forms

    * chhaunk * chounk * chonk * chhounk * chhonk

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (cooking) A garnish made by frying mustard seed, asafoetida, and other whole spices in oil or ghee to release the flavours. Added to soups, curries, etc., at the end of cooking.

    • See also

    * (wikipedia "chaunk")